Trial registry searches for randomized controlled trials of new drugs required registry-specific adaptation to achieve adequate sensitivity

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 94, Issue , 2018, Pages 69-75

  Knelangen, Marco ^a   Hausner, Elke ^a   Metzendorf, Maria Inti ^b   Sturtz, Sibylle ^a   Waffenschmidt, Siw ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH CARE IQWIG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Information storage and retrieval; Pharmaceutical preparations; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Registries

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG; IPILIMUMAB; NEW DRUG;

DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; INFORMATION; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; REGISTRATION; REVIEW; DRUG THERAPY; EUROPE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SEARCH ENGINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

DRUG THERAPY; EUROPE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; SEARCH ENGINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85041576013     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.11.003     Document Type: Review

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